Tonight, American Idol 14 auditions head to Minneapolis, MN at 8/7c pm on FOX. Empire airs at 9/8 pm.
LL Cool J to Host ‘The 57th Annual Grammy Awards’ on CBS – Entertainment icon and two-time GRAMMY® Award winner LL COOL J is set to return as host of the 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards® for the fourth consecutive year. Over the years, the dynamic host has presided over 10 GRAMMY shows, tributes and specials, and served as a producer for “The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! – Countdown To Music’s Biggest Night®” and “A Very GRAMMY Christmas” holiday special, both on CBS. The music industry’s premier event takes place Sunday, Feb. 8 (8:00-11:30 PM, live ET/delayed PT) at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles on the CBS Television Network. – TVByTheNumbers
Sam Smith To Make GRAMMY Stage Debut – Common and John Legend, who will perform “Glory” from the film Selma; GRAMMY-winning country singer/songwriter Miranda Lambert; eight-time GRAMMY winner Usher; and two of this year’s leading nominees, Sam Smith and Pharrell Williams, are the latest performers set to play the 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards. They join previously announced performers AC/DC, Eric Church, Ariana Grande, Madonna, and Ed Sheeran. – Read more at Grammy.com
Pharrell and Al Gore Announce Global Live Earth Concerts To be staged in Paris, New York, Rio de Janeiro, Beijing, Sydney, Cape Town, and Antarctica to raise awareness of climate change – Pharrell and former Vice President Al Gore have announced another series of Live Earth concerts, staged to raise awareness for climate change, as Reuters reports. The concerts will be held on June 18 in Paris, New York, Rio de Janeiro, Beijing, Sydney and Cape Town. Then, a final concert, performed by a group of scientists, will take place in Antarctica at a research station. – Read more at Pitchfork
Harry Styles and Meghan Trainor Wrote a Love Song Together – It’s official – a new love song from One Direction’s Harry Styles is on the way. Meghan Trainor confirmed on Tuesday to the BBC’s Radio 1 that she and Styles wrote a song together. “Yes, I wrote a song with Harry,” she told host Nick Grimshaw, Styles’s BFF. “It was unbelievable. He’s a very, very talented songwriter – I was very impressed.” Trainor had also revealed her collaboration to the U.K.’s Sun earlier on Tuesday, telling the outlet more specifically that the pair had written a “cute acoustic love thing” on her ukelele. “We even recorded a rough demo together with our vocals,” she said, though it’s unlikely the rough cut will ever see the light of day given Styles’s commitment to 1D. – Read more at People
Carrie Underwood Behind the Scenes – Almay Commercial
‘Empire’ tunes are finding a groove among fans – In many ways, “what we’re really doing is taking the show, and making it real life,” Timbaland says. For a typical episode, he would receive a script from Daniels and co-creator Danny Strong weeks ahead of time, pinpointing which moments in the story they wanted to sing. “We had a lot of communication — how (they) wanted it to feel, how I thought it should feel, and what I wanted to see on TV,” Timbaland says. Looking ahead, viewers can expect more extravagant, choreographed numbers with higher production values, coinciding with Jamal and Hakeem’s rise as artists. For Smollett, whose own original songs are incorporated into the series in later episodes, fans will see how his character Jamal comes into his own as a star. – Read more at USA Today
Empire Boss Talks Show’s Success, Dynasty Comparisons, Cookie’s Conflict, Gay Slurs and Sons’ Secrets – TVLINE | Tell me a little something about each of the sons that maybe hasn’t become evident yet. Andre manages an illness, which came out last week, but the extent to which it defines his life on a day-to-day basis and the profound relationship he has with his wife, as the one person who he really trusts, and who really accepts and acknowledges his illness, is an important story for us. What’s not apparent about Andre and Rhonda is that although they’ve come out of the box as villains… – Read more at TVLine
